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> INVASION OF THE GIANT RATS 20-POUND BEASTS
> SWAMPING JERSEY By TIM PERONE
> and DAVID K. LI
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> December 6, 2007 -- Giant rodents are about to take over New Jersey!
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> And even if the Garden State might not look any different, it has some
> officials worried about the ugly, 20-pound nutria which have made their
> way here from points south of the Mason-Dixon line.
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> The furry rodent is widely considered one of the most damaging creatures
> to marshland ecosystems - which, of course, would make New Jersey the
> critter's spiritual home.
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> "I spotted it in Lower Alloway Township, Oct. 29," state Division of
> Fish and Wildlife biologist Andrew Burnett told The Star-Ledger of
> Newark.
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> "The animal was swimming across Alloway Creek approximately 150 feet
> from my position."
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> For decades, the nutria have slowly made their way up the Eastern
> Sseaboard. It was first recorded in large numbers in Delaware and
> Maryland in the 1980s
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